Racial hatred, direct to you

EXTREME right-wing racist propaganda, linked to a Harlaxton post office box, is being circulated in Toowoomba.

Social campaigners are considering whether the material should be referred to the police.

Material includes brochures promoting white women as an "endangered species" and a pamphlet, The Nationalist, subtitled "The Voice of the White Pride Coalition of Australia".

It contains a Harlaxton PO Box as a contact, along with an off-shore web site.

Disability Advocacy and Support Centre barrister Dan Toombs yesterday said the material was a clear contravention of Section 18c of the Racial Vilification Act.

The section states: "It is unlawful for a person to do an act if it is reasonably likely to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group of people, if the act is done because of the race, colour or national or ethnic origin of another person".

Both are members of the Social Justice Commission and will consider the best course of action at its next meeting.

"The views of extreme right-wing groups such as the White Pride Coalition of Australia have no place in a modern society," Mr Copland said.

He recalled an African refugee family, newcomers to Toowoomba, driven from their Harristown home in fear last year after being the target of a "strategically" placed letter-box drop.

"I have personally witnessed the fear and disruption that racist attacks have had upon families living in this city," he said.

The White Pride Coalition website states its aim is to achieve "a Globally United White Front to combat the lies and bring down the Jewish/Zionist Government and Media Establishments and restore Whites to the positions of power that they are rightfully entitled to. Uniting many Organisations under the one banner of 'White Pride'!"

But Mr Copland said: "Thankfully the sentiments of this lunatic fringe have little sway with the broader Toowoomba community."

Harmony Day events are embraced throughout the city and schools across the region recently celebrated the National Week of Reconciliation and National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Commemoration (NAIDOC) Week.

"The best thing that we can do to combat this pathetic campaign of hate is to go out of our way to celebrate our diversity, throw down the welcome mat to each other and gain an insight into the beauty of the human family," Mr Copland said.